When asked about the product's future, Microsoft told ZDNet's Mary Jo Foley that it would stop making its SwiftKey software keyboard for iOS and remove it from the App Store.

Director of product management at SwiftKey, Chris Wolfe, announced that SwiftKey iOS support would end on October 5 and that the app would be removed from the Apple App Store. 'Microsoft will continue to support the Windows touch keyboard's core technology as well as SwiftKey Android. SwiftKey will continue to function for those who have it installed on iOS until it is manually removed or a user acquires a new device.'

SwiftKey's iOS app last received an update in August 2021. In the year before that, the majority of upgrades were of the unremarkable 'bug fixes and performance improvements' sort. For an estimated $250 million, Microsoft acquired SwiftKey in 2016 in order to have access to both the underlying technology and software keyboards for iOS and Android.

In iOS, support for third-party keyboards was first included in iOS 8 in 2014. These keyboards are still not permitted on phones that have been locked down using mobile device management (MDM) software, nor are they allowed to be used to type passwords or passcodes, according to Apple. In recent years, Apple has updated the native iOS keyboard to include some of the most popular third-party keyboard features, such as searchable emoji and swiping to text.

SwiftKey will continue to function for users who have it installed on iOS until it is actively removed or a user acquires a new device, the company added. The SwiftKey iOS app hasn't received an update from Microsoft in more than a year, according to the users. On Android, SwiftKey has received more than 500 million downloads. For Android users, the app will still be accessible and maintained.

The app will still be accessible to Android users and will be supported. SwiftKey's most recent Android version, which was released in May, improved text deletion and introduced the ability to turn off automatic spaces following punctuation.

 In 2016, Microsoft reportedly paid $250 million for the SwiftKey platform, one of the most well-liked keyboard apps for iOS and Android. 

SwiftKey was first introduced for Android in 2010 and for iOS in 2014. On October 5, the Apple App Store will remove the SwiftKey for iOS predictive keyboard from its catalogue.